Combined toy and support



C. J. SUNDELL. COMBINED TOY AND SUPPORT.. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1919.

Patented Oct. 7 1919.

CARL J'. SUNIDEI L, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. COMBINED TOY AND surroar.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

Application filed June 14, 1919. Serial No. 304,167.

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL J. SUNDELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Toys and Supports, of which the following is a specification.

f This invention relates to improvements in a combined toy and support therefor to be used in connection with a childs chair,

buggy or carriage, for the amusement of the child and for the retention of its toys or playthings, in such a wayas to prevent them from getting out of .reach or falling from the chair or vehicle occupied by t he child,

and it consists in certain peculiar ties of the construction, novel arrangement and operatidn of the various parts thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

1n guarding orpreventing the childfalling forwardly from the chair, or if desired, can

e the back of the" chair, or

be easily turned to an inoperative position at detached therefrom. p

Another object is to provide simple and eflicient means for maintaining the support at a proper elevatlon to'permlt the toys thereon to be manipulated" by the child or for its amusement and against accidental lowering of the support. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explana "tion. I

In the accompanying I drawing which serves to illustrate the invention,

- inoperative position; s

Figure 1 is'a view in side elevation of the upper portion of a childs chair showing by continuous lines the support and toy its operative position, and by dotted l nes 111 ts illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

2 is a greatlyenlarged view partly in sectlon and partly in elevation of the device, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmental view partly in sec- 1 tion taken on line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Corresponding numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout thedift'erent views of the drawing.

The numeral 5 designates the arms of'the device, which may be made of any suitable size, form and material, but which are located in parallelism with one another, and each of said arms has near each of its ends a transverse opening therein.

Located in the openings in the front portions of the arms or bars 5, is a rod 6 which has each of its ends screw-threaded. This rod or bar 6 is of a suitable length to extend across the body and arms of a childs chair, which is designated as a whole by the refer ence numeral 7, and a portion of which Ais s before stated, each end of the rod 6 is screwthreaded, which portions are extended through suitable openings in the arms or bars 5 near their front ends and said arms or bars are secured in place on the rod 6 by means of nuts 8 and 9, which are threaded on said rod and clamp the bars or arms 5 therebetween, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawing.

Mounted on the rod 6 is asubstantially 'U-shaped bail or supporting member 10,

the arms 11 of which are provided at their free ends with loops or eyes 12 for the loose reception of the rod6 on which rod said loops or eyes are mounted inwardly of the nuts 8 as can be clearly seen in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The bail 10 being loosely mounted at the ends of its arms 11 on the rod 6 will be suitable elevation above the table or tray downwardly and forwardly extended bracket 15, each of which has its lower portion provided with prongs 16 and 17, which extend laterally and inwardly as shown in Fig. 2

and are for thepurposeof engaging between said prongs the arms 11 of the bail 10 so as to hold said bail and arms in a vertical position, it .being understood that the horizontal part 'of'the bail lO will rest on the upper surface of the tray 13 or table of the chair.

be disengaged from the prongs 16 and 17 ofthe brackets 15 by simply pressing them toward each other. When thus released from the prongs of the brackets 15 it is apparentthat-the supporting bail 10 can be turned onthe rod 6 so as to rest onthe upper or lower surfaces of the arms of bars 5, which have thelr rear ends plvotallysecured by means of thumb screws 18, or otherwise,

to the uprights 19 of the back of the chair or other support in connection with which the device may be used.

lVlounted on the rod 6 for rotation, is a cylindrical cage which consists of a pair of circular end-pieces 20, which are held in spaced relation to one another by means of .a series of transversely disposed brace rods 21, located at ornear the peripheries of said end pieces. This cage maybe prevented by longitudinal movement on the rod 6 by means of collars 22 secured to said rod at the outer surfaces of the heads or end pieces 20 oat the cage.

one or more flexible Wires or members 23, which as shown in Fig. 2 are spirally and loosely wound on: said rod about midway between their ends, as at 24. On the lower end of each of the wires or members 23 is loosely mounted a spherical member 25 such as a' glass marble or the like, which as indicated will be suspended at a distance above the path of the travel of the brace rods 21. of the cage.

The upwardly extended portions of the wires or members 23 )roject suflicient at their free ends beyond t e peripheries of the end pieces 20 of the cage to intermittently engage the brace rods 21 to the end that when the cage is revolved ,on the rod 6, the pendents 25' will be given an oscillating movement wh-ichwwill be amusing and attractiveto the child or operatoiu It will be noticed that each of the mem- As the loops or eyes 12 of the bail .10 are loosely mounted on the rod 6, and as the arms 11 of said bail are somewhat flexible, it is apparent that said arms may bers 23 is provided between the shaft 6 and the ends of said members which contact with the brace rods 21 with a spiral coil which is Ifor the purpose of giving more resiliency to the members 23 and thereby causing the pendents to vibrate more frequently and for a longer 'period.-

Rotatably mounted on the rod 6 near one end 20 of the cage, is a cylindrical drum 26, which may be made of tin or other suitable material, and has its cylindrical wall" provided with corrugations 27 which are employed 'for the purpose of causing balls or marbles 28 located in saidv drum-to ra-ttle or produce a noiselwhen the drum is rotated, for the; amusement of the child WVhile Ihave shown the inventionias being applied toa childs chair, yet it is apparent that .therea-r ends or portions of-the arms or bars 5 maybesecured .to' theiupright portions of the back of a baby carriage or buggy, and that the .suppor-tingbail 10 may rest on a suitable support orthefront portionof the 7 It will be obvious that myyinvention notonly provides a plaything and support there for, but -a-lso furnishes a guard orprotector to assist in preventing.thechildfalling forwardly or laterally from the chair or other device which he occupies, as the arms-5 and the rod 6 together with the back of the chair will provide a safe inclosure.

Having thus fully described my invention whatI claim as new and desire to secure b Letters Patent is, V M p p 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, thecomb'ination with a pair-of parallel;v arms pivotally supported at one of theirends, of a rod connecting. them. transversely at their other ends,- a substantially U-shaped. sup- Mounted on the rod 6 wlthm the'cage 1s porting member loosely mounted at its ends on said rodilnwardly of sa1d:arms,and a member rotatably mounted .on the rod between the ends of said supportingrnemben 2. In a device of the character described,-

the combination. with a pair of parallel arms porting member loosely mounted at its endson saidiodi-nwardly oflsald arms, abracket seci'iredto each ofsald arms near its free endand extended downwardly therefrom and having on 1ts lower portion a pair oiiin- "wardlyextended andspaced. apart prongs pivotally supported at one of their ends to a fixed support, of a rod connectlng them transversely at their other ends, a cylindrical cage rotatably mounted on said rod and having spaced apart bracing members uniting its ends, at least one flexible member loosely mounted on sand rod within'sald cage, and

' having one of its ends extended into the path CARL J. SUNDELL.

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